1988 - 1990 : Sri Lanka
Historical and Development
20 Rupee note

The Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) issued in for circulation, a 20 Rupee Currency Notes in a series of Notes called Sri Lanka Historical and Development.
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Images on Front and back are identified in Sinhala, Thamil and English in increasing Font size printed next to it.
Predominant Color :Front - Violet with Green blue brown and red for image on right
:Back - Violet with Green blue and brown background decorate.
Size: 137 x 70 mm
Front: Landscape
At right is image of the famous Moonstone from the Queen's Pavilion in Anuradhapura with caption bottom left of it in Sinhala සදකඩ පහණ, අනුරාධපුර., Thamil சந்திர வட்டக்கல், அனுராதபுரம்., and English MOONSTONE, ANURADHAPURA.
Within a decorative border and center, Numeric 20 at all four corners. At upper center the value රුපියල් විස්සයි in Sinhala. இருபது ரூபாய் in Thamil, and TWENTY RUPEES in English, at bottom center.
In Top center in Sinhala, ශ්‍රී ලංකා මහ බැංකුව, இலங்கை மத்திய வங்கி in Thamil and Central Bank of Sri Lanka in English in next two lines with decreasing font size.
Next in even smaller font thr Legality Legend in 3 lines
ශ්‍රී ලංකාණ්ඩුව වෙනුවෙන් නිකුත් කරන ලද මේ
මුදල් නෝට්ටුව ශ්‍රී ලංකාව ඇතුළත ඕනෑම මුදල් ගණනක්
ගෙවිම සඳහා නිතියෙන් වලංගුය
Two Facsimile signatures above මුදල් ඈමති, and next මහ බැංකුවේ අධිපති.
Below Date 19YY-MM-DD
Horizontal Serial number on lower left of center and upper right.
Braille:Three small squares printed in relief incorporated vertically on the right hand side border of the note.
Back: Portrait
Within a decorative border, Numeric 20 at top left and Bottom right. ශ්‍රී ලංකා මහ බැංකුව in Sinhala, இலங்கை மத்திய வங்கி in Thamil and CENTRAL BANK OF SRI LANKA in English, in 3 lines of decreasing font size, centered on top.
රුපියල් විස්සයි in Sinhala. இருபது ரூபாய் in Thamil, and TWENTY RUPEES in English, in 3 lines of decreasing font size justified on bottom.
At center is image of the oldest stupa in Anuradhapura, built by King Devanampiyatissa for Prince Mahinda, son of Emperor Asoka of India, who introduced Buddhism to Sri Lanka in the 3rd century BCE. with caption bottom left of it in Sinhala ථුපාරාම දාගැබ, අනුරාධපුර., Thamil தூபாராம, தாதுகோபுரம், அனுராதபுரம்., and English THUPARAMA DAGOBA. ANURADHAPURAA.
Two cataliya orchids below.
At bottom centered just below horizontal decorate in small script
BRADBURY WILKINSON.
Watermark: Lion from national Flag standing facing left with sword in right paw, outlined darker than paper.
Security Thin polyester thread of 1 mm width embedded in note. Micro-printing background pattern.
UV Printing: Front: Signature, Date and Serial Numbers, in Green. On right outlines of large Flag Lion with Sword in raised right paw with large numeric 20 highlighting design at center in Green
Back: Highlight of tree and background of Stupa and Orchids in Greenish Yellow.
Latent image: Within the pair of decorates in the motif at front bottom center, the Numeric value 20 written with horizontal lines on vertical line background, as seen on this 1200 dpi scan on right.
Replacement Notes See details with images for series in *-Notes

Deno.Date on
BankNote 		Finance MinisterCBSL GovernorFirst Serial #Mintage
in K		Repla.
Prefix
Rs.20 1988-11-21 M.H.M.Nainamarikkar H.N.S.Karunatillake E/1   000001   5,000R/3
Rs.20 1989-02-21 D.B.Wijethunga H.N.S.Karunatillake E/6   000001 13,000(R/3)
Rs.20 1990-04-05 D.B.Wijethunga H.N.S.Karunatillake E/19 000001 31,000R/3
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Minister of Finance Governor
Central Bank of Sri Lanka
1988-11-21
M.H.M.Nainamarikkar H.N.S.Karunatillake
1989-02-21
1990-04-05
D.B.Wijethunga H.N.S.Karunatillake

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The note was scanned at 300 dpi and displayed at 50 dpi.